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Old Books, the Antidote to Our News Feeds
So much has changed in life during the span of time I have worked in education. Consider the enormous role social media has played since the turn of…
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Apprenticeship in the Arts, Part 2: A Pedagogy of Craft
In my previous article in this series on Aristotle’s intellectual virtues, I discussed the general nature of artistry or craftsmanship under the heading of apprenticeship. Aristotle’s virtue of…
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Good to Great: Measuring the “Greatness” of a School
Like many educational leaders who are familiar with books on leadership and management, I am greatly indebted to Jim Collins’ Good to Great (New York: Harper Business, 2001)…
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Building a Strong Faculty Culture
Schools are interesting organizations, to say the least. They may vary in leadership structures and governance policies, but they all contain the same core groups of constituents: students,…
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The Advent of Christ as an Act of Teaching
The advent season is upon us and this blog post will explore how advent expresses God’s educational heart for humanity. You are likely familiar with the following stanza:…
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Expanding Narration’s History in the late Middle Ages: Bernard of Chartres from John of Salisbury’s Metalogicon
This is the third blog article expanding the short history of narration I laid out a year ago. In the last two I expanded my treatment of John…
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